Thursday Podcast: Homemade Chinese Noodles

Steve Dolinsky

January 15, 2009

With Chinese New Year almost here (Jan. 26), several foods take on special significance: oranges, dried oysters and noodles. Signifying long life, these culinary staples are rarely made from scratch, but at Yu's Mandarin, in Schaumburg, IL, they make hundreds of pounds of noodles everyday. I spoke with Xuan Hong, the restaurant's owner, about why they make them everyday.